The Splendor of Islamic Calligraphy,9780500282946

The Splendor of Islamic Calligraphy

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ISBN13: 9780500282946
ISBN10: 0500282943
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-11-01
Publisher(s): W W Norton & Co Inc
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Summary

Calligraphy, the art that combines images and written words, is perhaps at its most brilliant in the Islamic world. Islamic calligraphy took its inspiration from Muslim belief in the divine origin of Arabic writing, the medium through which the Qu'aranic revelation to the Prophet Muhammad was recorded. In the early years of Islam the sanctity of Arabic writing was accepted among Arabs and non-Arabs alike, and its use in sacred and official texts gave rise to a wonderful profusion of scripts, and a calligraphic tradition that has flourished for over a thousand years - not only in manuscript decoration but in architecture, ceramics and painting.

Author Biography

Abdelkebir Khatibi, Professor at the Mohammed V University, Rabat Mohammed Sijelmassi, a noted art critic

Table of Contents

Symbol of civilization 6(4)
Principles of Arabic writing 10(3)
Tracing the Origins
13(32)
Legend and epigraphy
18(3)
Myths of origin
21(7)
Tawqif and istillah
28(9)
Epigraphical confusions
37(8)
The Proportions of the Line
45(32)
The alif module
46(3)
The geometric interplay
49(3)
Colour
52(18)
Miniature and arabesque
70(4)
The pen
74(3)
Schools and Styles
77(50)
Typology
78(12)
Meaning and the written word
90(2)
Diacritical signs
92(4)
Kufic and naskhi
96(4)
Ibn Muqla
100(16)
Ibn al-Bawwab
116(4)
Calligraphy and history
120(7)
Symbolism of the Page
127(36)
The spell of the face
128(4)
Jafr, or the science of letters
132(7)
Futuhat, or isolated letters
139(3)
The bismillah
142(6)
The margin
148(4)
The signature
152(11)
In the Sight of Allah
163(26)
A delicate vibration
166(16)
Ornamentation of buildings
182(7)
The Architectural Context
189(24)
Landmarks
192(4)
Styles
196(17)
Contemporary Painting
213(23)
Zenderoudi
219(5)
Koraishi
224(6)
Boullata
230(6)
Notes on the Text 236(1)
Bibliography 237(2)
Acknowledgments 239

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